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This book is about machine translation (MT) and the classic
problems associated with this language technology. It examines the
causes of these problems and, for linguistic, rule-based systems,
attributes the cause to language's ambiguity and complexity and
their interplay in logic-driven processes. For non-linguistic,
data-driven systems, the book attributes translation shortcomings
to the very lack of linguistics. It then proposes a demonstrable
way to relieve these drawbacks in the shape of a working
translation model (Logos Model) that has taken its inspiration from
key assumptions about psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic
function. The book suggests that this brain-based mechanism is
effective precisely because it bridges both linguistically driven
and data-driven methodologies. It shows how simulation of this
cerebral mechanism has freed this one MT model from the
all-important, classic problem of complexity when coping with the
ambiguities of language. Logos Model accomplishes this by a
data-driven process that does not sacrifice linguistic knowledge,
but that, like the brain, integrates linguistics within a
data-driven process. As a consequence, the book suggests that the
brain-like mechanism embedded in this model has the potential to
contribute to further advances in machine translation in all its
technological instantiations.
Education is changing through improved technology and the widening
access to it. This is a discussion of this increased accessibility
to the Internet and how this has lead to a variety of resources
being used for learning. Resource-based learning is flexible and
can be used locally or globally and is an integral part of
education. Case studies and examples show the benefits of using the
Internet as part of resource-based learning.
A discussion of the increased accessibility to the Internet and how
this has lead to a variety of resources being used for learning.
Case studies and examples show the benefits of using the Internet
as part of resource-based learning.
This book is about machine translation (MT) and the classic
problems associated with this language technology. It examines the
causes of these problems and, for linguistic, rule-based systems,
attributes the cause to language's ambiguity and complexity and
their interplay in logic-driven processes. For non-linguistic,
data-driven systems, the book attributes translation shortcomings
to the very lack of linguistics. It then proposes a demonstrable
way to relieve these drawbacks in the shape of a working
translation model (Logos Model) that has taken its inspiration from
key assumptions about psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic
function. The book suggests that this brain-based mechanism is
effective precisely because it bridges both linguistically driven
and data-driven methodologies. It shows how simulation of this
cerebral mechanism has freed this one MT model from the
all-important, classic problem of complexity when coping with the
ambiguities of language. Logos Model accomplishes this by a
data-driven process that does not sacrifice linguistic knowledge,
but that, like the brain, integrates linguistics within a
data-driven process. As a consequence, the book suggests that the
brain-like mechanism embedded in this model has the potential to
contribute to further advances in machine translation in all its
technological instantiations.
What this book teaches is a new way to regard work, and a new way
to go about the work we do. The book comprises scores of mostly
brief reflections by saints, mystics, popes, and theologians all
who tell us that work-even toilsome work-has great dignity when
accomplished as a form of service to God. The reflections in this
book tell us that we should look upon the work we do, even the most
ordinary of acts, as something that God has given us to do. And
even more extraordinary, as something God wants to do with us. Once
we think of work in this way, we then need to ask ourselves "how"
we work. What becomes important is not what kind of work we do, but
how we do it. We must also ask ourselves is God interested in these
things we do all day long? Can these very ordinary acts realoly
have a spiritual aspect? Can they be a prayer? The Benedicine monks
have a motto, "To work is to pray." For most of us that thought has
probably never occured, that work itself could be a prayer, that
what we do all day long, whether at work or in the home, is of keen
interest to God, and can be pleasing to Him if done in the right
spirit. Jesus is the examplar of how any work is to be done. He
spent thirty years of his life doing the ordinary kinds of things
we do, and, as we know, the Father took delight in Him, saying,
"This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased." We must
remember what Scripture says, that God's "delight is to be with the
children of men." This book is designed to lead the reader into a
way of working that will delight the Father. To this end, a Study
Guide has been designed to help the reader approach the topic in a
systematic way. This Guide is currently being used profitably in
parishes for group book study. Many participants have exclaimed
that the book has made them feel very differently about work, even
about the most trivial tasks. The Study Guide may be freely
downloaded from the Logos Institute website: http:
//logosinstitute.org
This distinctly Catholic novella comprises a set of free standing
pieces that nevertheless make up a whole story. From a sundry cast
of characters we see emerge an uncommonly attractive woman, Monica,
in a series of corrosive affairs until, finding herself at a moral
dead end, she attempts (we learn) to take her life, mercifully
without success. Recovering physically, but with a still unsettled
conscience, she comes to the attention of a young curate who tries
to help her. This young priest has unresolved needs of his own,
disclosed when he finds himself inordinately drawn to her,
troubling the priest's own conscience. What happens next reveals
the action of grace in the most ordinary of circumstances. This is
a tale, then, of a grace that mysteriously enters into, and heals,
disordered affections of the heart. Interestingly, this healing
does not come about by slamming the door on human love just because
it is disordered. As we see, there is a blessed lesson to be
learned regarding these matters of the heart, one involving an act
of holy trust. The author, Bernard Scott, is an award-winning short
story writer, anthologized essayist, and published poet. His short
adventure/mystery novel, Secret of Lost Mountain, was a finalist in
the 2012 Tuscany Prize for Catholic Fiction. He is happily married
and knows whereof he speaks.
Stories in this collection, such as HERE'S MASHED, A DIFFERENT KIND
OF DAY, WITH ALL HIS HEART, along with a few others, all depict
contemporary lives in conflicts of one kind or another, until
something interesting happens to change things. The style is in the
manner of modern minimalism, where character and behavior are
depicted rather than described, more like a film or show than an
account. Stories like I HEARD THEIR LAUGHTER and BRIAN'S LAW are
quite different. These are longer treatments of rather inordinate
lives. The first depicts the state of a math freak cooped up under
the roof of an abandoned building, pondering the life he should
have lived but had refused. Then something happens to redeem it.
BRIAN'S LAW depicts a fourteen year old boy who thinks he is
smarter than Einstein. The tale makes certain demands on the reader
but is guaranteed to fascinate those interested in such things and
who stick it out. It is the author's favorite work, by far. Bernard
(Bud) Scott wrote these stories in between the demands of his
career as an entrepreneurial computational linguist, a career
depicted at http: www.logosinstitute.org/LogosStory.html. He is a
published poet, anthologized essayist, and award-winning short
story writer, and has published several novels, most recently, The
Heart Hath Its Reasons.
Title: Young Mistley. By the author of "Prisoners and Captives,"
etc. Hugh S. Scott.] A new edition.Publisher: British Library,
Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national
library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest
research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known
languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The NOVELS OF THE 18th & 19th CENTURIES
collection includes books from the British Library digitised by
Microsoft. The collection includes major and minor works from a
period which saw the development and triumph of the English novel.
These classics were written for a range of audiences and will
engage any reading enthusiast. ++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Scott; 1898.
379 p.; 8 . 12619.d.32.
An agnostic scientist travels to a remote land to chase down rumors
of a primitive tribe said to be wrapped in silence, silent even
when they speak. How can this be? His pursuit for answers takes him
up a dangerous river and ultimately to Lost Mountain. There he
learns the awful secret that afflicts this tribe. When the explorer
finds more than he is questing for, the story takes on far deeper
significance. Setting science aside, he seeks a way to alleviate
their plight. In the end, a series of mysterious events takes
matters out of his hands, teaching him something far beyond the
realm of natural science.
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